Hi everyone,
My name is Jessica and my health issues started in December 2011 when I got off of a cruise ship. I was very lightheaded and was getting chest pains and burning sensations. I was a healthy person who worked out 6 days a week and never saw a doctor other then my ob/gyn. I had numerous tests and saw all kinds of specialists and was told there was nothing wrong with me other then gastritis and acid reflux. I was told so many times that it was anxiety but I knew something just was not right.
To make a really long story short, I was diagnosed with crohn's this past October at 40 years old. It was actually found by accident because I was having an abdominal cat scan with contrast to check a liver hemangioma that I knew I had for years.. Needless to say it trippled in size and was the size of a football. I had that removed in December. My GI did not think that I had crohns but did a colonoscopy and sure enough it came back that I did. He then did blood work that also confirmed the diagnosis and during my surgery the surgeon took a peak inside and also said that it was definately crohns in my ileum.
I do not have typical crohn's symptoms. Never had a bloody stool. Infact I was constipated and would only have a bm using miralax and colace. I have not been able to tell when I am having a flair and I am having a lot of problems finding a medicine that agrees with me. I have tried Asacol and it made me so sick. I can not take steroids because I am allergic to them.
I guess my question is.... Can crohn's affect your nervous system. I am constantly lightheaded. Not to the point that I am going to pass out, more of like a fog. I get chest pains and short of breath. I get pains everywhere.
My surgeon and GI doc think that my body is just so stressed and that is what could be causing the problem but still I feel, I know my body and something is just not right. My primary thinks that my crohn's is affecting me systemically.
Please, can someone help me. I am so tired of feeling like garbage. I want to be my old self. I don't know what to do anymore.
Thanks,
Jessica
My name is Jessica and my health issues started in December 2011 when I got off of a cruise ship. I was very lightheaded and was getting chest pains and burning sensations. I was a healthy person who worked out 6 days a week and never saw a doctor other then my ob/gyn. I had numerous tests and saw all kinds of specialists and was told there was nothing wrong with me other then gastritis and acid reflux. I was told so many times that it was anxiety but I knew something just was not right.
To make a really long story short, I was diagnosed with crohn's this past October at 40 years old. It was actually found by accident because I was having an abdominal cat scan with contrast to check a liver hemangioma that I knew I had for years.. Needless to say it trippled in size and was the size of a football. I had that removed in December. My GI did not think that I had crohns but did a colonoscopy and sure enough it came back that I did. He then did blood work that also confirmed the diagnosis and during my surgery the surgeon took a peak inside and also said that it was definately crohns in my ileum.
I do not have typical crohn's symptoms. Never had a bloody stool. Infact I was constipated and would only have a bm using miralax and colace. I have not been able to tell when I am having a flair and I am having a lot of problems finding a medicine that agrees with me. I have tried Asacol and it made me so sick. I can not take steroids because I am allergic to them.
I guess my question is.... Can crohn's affect your nervous system. I am constantly lightheaded. Not to the point that I am going to pass out, more of like a fog. I get chest pains and short of breath. I get pains everywhere.
My surgeon and GI doc think that my body is just so stressed and that is what could be causing the problem but still I feel, I know my body and something is just not right. My primary thinks that my crohn's is affecting me systemically.
Please, can someone help me. I am so tired of feeling like garbage. I want to be my old self. I don't know what to do anymore.
Thanks,
Jessica